This is not ment to be an all inclusive guide to installing OS X, it
isn’t supposed to be a tutorial either, nor are any of these necessarily required.
Its merely a checklist I like to go through. I hope some of you find it useful.
If anyone has any suggestions/additions, feel free to leave a comment.
Things to do when installing OS X
| enable root [sudo passwd root] rm Desktop OS9 Folder enable ssh enable appletalk install the developer tools set keyboard/double click rates set hard disk sleep and system sleep turn off quicktime version check and hot picks thing turn on seconds on clock turn on manual clock update turn software update on manual turn on Zoom in universal access turn OFF rectangle when zoomed out (in universal access) set dock size (very small), set to left and pinned on the bottom turn off volume in menubar copy hosts file from another machine copy /etc/sysctl.conf (sets TCP/IP stack parameters) |
copy .ssh keys copy /usr/local/bin crap copy /sw turn on identd copy keychains (note SMB login names must be in ALL CAPS) set energy saver to ‘highest’ performance pick a nice desktop pattern turn on apache enable PHP Safari: |
i add, update perl, install a bunch of modules, install wget, install QuickSilver, and that’s all i can remember atm… =)